Johnny Depp Appeals “Erroneous” $2M Trial Win For Amber Heard; ‘Pirates’ & ‘Aquaman’ Stars Head Back To Court For More Battle In Defamation Case
deadline.comJohnny Depp wants his defamation cake, and he wants to get to eat it too. “This Court should reverse the judgment on Ms. Heard’s Counterclaim as to the April 27 Waldman Statement, but should otherwise affirm the judgment in Mr.
Depp’s favor,” declared a filing today by the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star in Virginia’s Court of Appeals (read it here).
Despite almost sweeping the table earlier this summer in the defamation trial against his Rum Diary co-star and former spouse, Depp is determined to not pay Heard the $2 million that a Virginia jury oddly awarded her in a countersuit claim.
The Aquaman star claimed that Depp was “vicariously liable” for a trio of damning and defaming statements his close pal and ex-lawyer Adam Waldman gave to UK tabloid The Daily Mail calling Heard’s allegations of violence and abuse at Depp’s often allegedly drunken hand were hogwash.
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